Ida E. Iverson Wolden 1896-1978

WOLDEN, IVERSON, NELSON, ENGEN

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 7/3/2013 at 00:16:09

Mrs. Ida E. Wolden
1896-1978
Estherville – Funeral services for Mrs. Ida E. Wolden, 81, Estherville, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the Estherville Lutheran Church with the Rev. Stan Eyberg and the Rev. Obert Rust officiating. Interment will be in the Riverside Cemetery, Wallingford. She died Friday night at Rosewood Mano Nursing Home.

Born Sept. 7, 1896 at Grinnell, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Iver Iverson. She was educated in the rural Grinnell schools, graduating from high school there. She continued her education at the college in Grinnell and then at the University of Iowa, Iowa City.

On Aug. 13, 1938 she married B.O. Wolden at Clear Lake. She taught school at Grinnell, Toledo and Mason City, at both the high school and junior college levels.

She was a member of the Estherville Lutheran Church, the Iowa Academy of Science, the Iowa Ornithologists Union and was active in the ELCW.

Her survivors include one son, Gerhard Wolden, Minneapolis, Minn.; one daughter, Mrs. James (Berniece) Nelson, Poulsbo, Wash.; two grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Henry (Esther) Engen, Minneapolis, Minn.; one niece; and one cousin.

Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband and one sister.

Henry and Olson Funeral Home, Estherville, is in charge of arrangements. Friends may call at the funeral home until noon Tuesday. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, February 6, 1978)